This block contains the information about Sean Connery and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Sean Connery was born in august 1930 in Edinburgh, not in a very rich family. By birth he was named Thomas. Because of the material problems in the family he left the school when he was 13th and started working. He tried a variety of different professions: he was working with the furniture, lifeguard, stage worker and model... When he was 16th he went to the navy, but he didn’t liked there, as by character he was an independent person, but that job required discipline. Later when he started working in the theater, he started calling himself Shane (in honor of “Shane” by Alan Ladd). Later that pen name has been shortened to Sean. One of the main Connery achievements was the James bond’s role. He played in seven movies, six of which were produced by “EON Company”, and in a unofficial remake of “The Thunder” which was filmed by “Warner Brothers”. He performed in a variety of well known movies, such as “Never say never”, “You live only twice”, “Diamonds Forever”, “You Live only Twice”, “From Russia with love” and many others. All of those movies have become classics. Sean has been married twice. First with the actress Diane Cilento, they were married from 1962 till 1974 and have a son Jason (he became an actor as well). His second wife became an artist Michelin Roquebrune, whom was French from Morocco. They are together since 1975 till current (they don’t have any mutual children). Michelin is elder than Sean with one year. He is a member of National Party of Scotland and he is for the independence of the country from England.

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Here you can learn about the movies Sean Connery acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Tomorrow Never Dies - Soundtrack ("James Bond Theme")	$110M	1997	$25.1M	$125M
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Allan Quatermain, Executive Producer	$78M	2003	$23.1M	$66.5M
The Rock - John Patrick Mason, Executive Producer	$70M	1996	$2.6M	$134M
Entrapment - Robert MacDougal, Producer	$66M	1999	$20.1M	$87.7M
The Avengers - Sir August de Wynter	$60M	1998	$10.3M	$23.3M
DragonHeart - Draco (voice)	$57M	1996	$1.24M	$51.3M
First Knight - King Arthur	$55M	1995		$37.6M
Medicine Man - Dr. Robert Campbell, Executive Producer	$55M	1992		$45.5M
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - King Richard (uncredited)	$50M	1991		$166M
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Professor Henry Jones	$48M	1989		$197M
Finding Forrester - William Forrester, Producer	$43M	2000	$701K	$51.8M
Never Say Never Again - James Bond	$36M	1983		$55.5M
Highlander II - Juan Sбnchez Villa-Lobos Ramнrez	$30M	1991		$15.6M
The Hunt for Red October - Marko Ramius	$30M	1990		$121M
A Bridge Too Far - Major General Urquhart	$26M	1977		$50.8M
The Untouchables - Jim Malone	$25M	1987		$76.3M
The Princess and the Cobbler - Tack the Cobbler (voice)	$24M	1993		$669K
A Good Man in Africa - Dr. Alex Murray	$20M	1994		$2.31M
The Name of the Rose - William of Baskerville	$17M	1986		$7.2M
Highlander - Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez	$16M	1986		$5.9M